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ST. THOMAS FALCONS vs SPRINGFIELD BULLDOGS.
Photos will post overnight on Tuesday, January 16.

St. Thomas Falcons take over as
“top dogs ” in District 9-2A with 72-52 win over Springfield.
St. Thomas Aquinas boys win round one in showdown between District 9-2A leaders.


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  Girls Game
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BOYS JV GAME: FALCONS 31, BULLDOGS 30


HAMMOND—The second-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas Falcons took over as the “top dogs” in District 9-2A Tuesday night with a 72-52 thrashing of the visiting fifth
LOOKING FOR TWO—St. Thomas junior Thaddeus Showers (11) pulls up for a baseline shot against Springfield's Bryce Walker (10) and A.J. Johnson (43) in Tuesday’s District 9-2A showdown won by the Falcons.
ranked Springfield Bulldogs. The victory earned the Falcons a one-game lead over Springfield as St. Thomas kept their district mark perfect at 6-0, while the Bulldogs dropped to 5-1.
    “Springfield has such a rich basketball tradition and the last couple of years we have become more competitive with them and our people are starting to believe that we can compete with them,” said St. Thomas head coach Errol Gauff. “Both schools had great fan support tonight and it was just a great high school basketball atmosphere.”
    The Falcons scored the first five points of the contest before giving up a basket to Springfield at 5-2, but that is as close as the Bulldogs would get as St. Thomas played full court defense and converted turnovers into transition points in route to a 20-6 romp in the first period.
    “I knew that we could come out with a lot of energy
WELCOME BACK!—Falcon senior Josh Millazo sees some limited action Tuesday night while still recovering from a broken arm that resulted from a hard fall back in November.
and emotion playing a very good Springfield team at home, but the fact that we were able to use that emotion to create turnovers and early baskets really propelled us through the rest of the game,” continued Gauff.
    On the strength of inside scoring by senior Daniel McAfee and outside shooting by junior Thaddeus Showers and sophomore Raymond Andrews the Falcons all but closed the deal in the second period outscoring Springfield 20-10 to take a commanding 40-16 halftime advantage. McAfee and Andrews tossed in eight first half points, while Showers led all scorers with 12 after two.
    “We had not played a team that showed that kind of intensity until tonight,” said Springfield head coach Mark Erdey. “They ran the floor, rebounded and just did everything well and it took us a while to catch up.”
    The Bulldogs did “catch up” a bit in the second half outscoring the Falcons 36-32, but the damage was already done as St. Thomas coasted to a 20-point win. Showers tossed in another eight points to lead all scorers with 20, while Andrews and McAfee were next with 14 and 12 respectively for the winners. Senior Michael Williams also finished in double figures for the Falcons with 10. For the Bulldogs, Bryce Walker led with 11 points, while teammates A.J. Johnson and Josh Bridges each added eight.
    Both teams continue district play on Friday as St. Thomas (22-5) goes on the road to face Doyle and Springfield (18-7) hosts Sumner.